I haven't been out to watch the sunset properly for a while. It was lush, just sitting quietly by myself, anticipating the potential display - in the end it wasn't exactly spectacular, though still worth the time.

#photography #sunset #portsmouth

for years I've been mistreated and ridiculed by some on the basis of "you don't use your _real name_"

now "they fight you" stage is in and these same people are posting "hOw dO we protect DEVS in FOSS?!"

pathetic

Watched this beauty sail out yesterday, always a new sight to see by the sea ⛵😁

#photography #portsmouth #boatlife

I will say this only on Nostr: my conviction in Bitcoin has been seriously rattled over the last few days.

What have I got myself into? Is Bitcoin doomed to failure due to its unfavorable privacy properties? Can it get co-opted and turned into fed surveillance coin? What if the Monero bros were right? Privacy on Bitcoin now seems as elusive as a dream.

And on a separate matter, as Matt Corallo just pointed out to Marty Bent, miner centralization is worse than we previously thought (many miners, it turns out, are just proxies for AntPool). Also concerning is the amount of hash power residing in the United States. And worst of all is that miners aren't even TESTING Stratum v2 to potentially alleviate these vulnerabilities.

Although I'd prefer to sink with the ship, I couldn't sell my bitcoin even if I wanted to. No exchange wants tainted coins at this point, and I have no way of calculating taxes due to my poor recordkeeping (I'm stuck in the U.S.).

I think for now I will focus on my fiat savings. I'm 31, which (although quite ancient for homosexuals) should theoretically give me time to save myself if my high conviction in bitcoin was misplaced. But should bitcoin fail, it would be an extremely painful setback.

I suppose it would be for many of you as well. I just wish I could share your optimism, but my mind is poisoned with doubts.

People wouldn't need to buy cases if the outer components of each phone were easily and cheaply replaceable anywhere.

Cases are the proof of a product design flaw.

you would do it like lightning:

ws://pubkey@45.123.123.8:4444

maybe you would first fetch this pubkey from the relay metadata and use it as an optional faster and more secure mode of connection for future sessions (no tls overhead). wouldn’t work on the web but native apps would see a latency reduction on reconnections which happens a lot on mobile. nostr:note1f84rezwtnax5ctpvnrm30rc37gep5gassssv4yzelzvpfv2w9m6shju8ra

The palpable demonstration that in Europe we are mentally retarded is Eurovision 😂, I don't know if it's worse that shit and everything around it or sticking needles in your testicles.

A good idea is to break your TV antenna, the life of the people living in your house will improve.

In my house I blocked all the channels that offer trash TV so that my wife's brain does not suffer the dire consequences, although it did not help, she now uses TikTok.

Keyset is great. Though maybe not normie friendly.

After a few days, I've only mined up to 7 characters on an npub. I'll continue for a few months and see how high I can get.

I'm hoping for at least 9 at this rate. 10-11 if I keep it up for a year. 12 if I spend a lifetime or a fortune. Proof of work is hard.

I thought about this while having an epsom salt soak, and I think 'Keyset' is probably the right answer.

#nostr accounts shouldn't be called accounts as they aren't accounts. What's a better word? #asknostr